centipede
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What is one to make of Emerson’s journal entry “I feel the centipede in me” after visiting Paris’s Jardin des Plantes in 1833?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
The mamma centipede may have a face like a David Cronenberg nightmare, but she's a devoted parent, curling around the wriggly bits of multi-legged spaghetti she calls her offspring to protect them.
From Salon ● May 11, 2025
And despite having an elaborate, curling centipede inked on his face and neck, he’s crestfallen that Bailey would let a friend cut off her locks before the big day.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2024
Mr Prendini is the curator of the spider, scorpion, centipede and millipede collections at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, according to the museum's website.
From BBC ● May 13, 2024
The End And just before we both shut up and fell asleep, Cade reached over and poked his index finger into my sternum and said, “A centipede with ninety-six amputations.”
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
The researchers examined arthropods, the enormous group of animals that includes insects, spiders, crabs and centipedes.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
"From what I've learned, house centipedes are harmless and actually beneficial because they prey on other household pests," she said.
From BBC ● May 10, 2025
Snakes make up most of the images, but human figures, centipedes, alligators, other animals, and geometric motifs also appear.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 3, 2024
In 2022, for example, CBP found live centipedes concealed inside earphone cases.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2024
I’d never noticed before, but it had tiny legs that grew from it like a centipedes.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Roots: cent
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